Key case



W. C. HIERNG Feb.. 9, 1932.

KEY CASE Filed March 1, 1950 ATTORNEY Patented 9, 1932 Unir eres Pari-:NT2 oFFrcE WILLIAM C. HERING, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO J. E. MERGO'IT COM- PANY, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF DELAVTARE KEY CASE Application led March 1,

, This invention relates to cases for keys and the like, and more particularly to improvements in such cases by means of which the keys carried therein may be conveniently manipulated.

iileretotore, keys have been carried in cases in a manner which hampered the easy manipulation or" the keys; and in cases where several keys have been carried on a single element, it has been impossible to remove certain keys independently ot the other keys.

It is an obj ect of this invention to provide a case for keys having a plurality of elements,

each element being adapted to hold a plurality et keys, the keys being independently removable from the elements.

ik further object is the provision of a simple and rugged key holding device, which enables free and easy manipulation of each key carried thereon.

rlhese and other advantageous objects, which will later appear, are accomplished by the simple and practical construction andarrangement or' parts hereinafter described and exhibited in the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, and in which:

Figure l represents a plan view of the key carrying device.

Figure 2 represents a side View of the key carrying device. Y

Figure 3 represents a perspective View of a key holding element in the device.

Referring to the drawings, a case forming member 1i, preferably formed Jfrom flexible leather or other suitable material, so that it may be folded, has attached thereto a metal plate 5, folded on itself and looped at 6 to provide a plurality of spaced bearings 8 for a pivot pin 7.

ln the spaces between the bearings 8, the pin 7 is encircled by rings 9 integral with a pin element 10, the latter being connected with a ball 11, of a short chain of the well known ball and pin link type.

1930. Serial No. 432,290.

half of loop 14 and engaging the legs 12 and 13. i This arrangement provides universal movement of the wire element without affecthooks 17 and 18 over which keys may be inserted. Inoperation, two or more keys are 2 passed over the hooks 17 and 18 into the space' between the legs 12 and 13 and the hooks are interlocked to prevent lthe keys from falling off.

n Due to the resiliency of the legs '12 and 13, the hooks 17 and 18 will be maintained in engagement and they are released onlyv byV pressing the legs 12 and 13 inwardly towards each other.

It will be seen from the structure above described that either key may be removed from the wire member without in any Way Vas restrictive or limitative of the invention,

of which obviously an embodiment may be constructed including many modifications without departing from the general scope herein indicated and denoted in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a key carrying device, a chain of the ball and pin type, a wire member having a pair of resilient legs and a loop portion engaging a ball of the chain, and a strip of meta-l wrapped about the loop portion and engaging the resilient legs to securely hold the loop portion on the ball.

2. Ina key carrying device, a chainof the ball and pin type, a wire member having a pair of resilient legs and two adjacent loop portions engaging a ball of the chain, and

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a strip of metal Wrapped about the lower half of one of the looped portions and engaging the resilient legs to securely hold the ball between the loop portions. n

This specication signed this 27 th day of February, 1930.

WILLIAM C. HIERING. 

